The General Charactetristic of the Population Employment in the Republic of Kalmykia at the Beginning of XXI Century

Abstract

Purpose: The employment of the population is one of the major socio-economic indexes characterizing the labour market situation and social and labor sphere of society in general, which influences the quality of life of the population. Therefore, employment of the economically active population is one of the priority directions in the field of social policy of the state including the regional level. Based on the official statistical data of Rosstat for 2005-2012, the article gives the general characteristic of the population employment in the Republic of Kalmykia. Methods: The research involved historical, statistical and systems methods. Results: The general characteristic of the population employment of Kalmykia has been given in the article on the basis of the data of official statistics. Social and demographic indicators like age group, sex, population type (city, rural), education level of the employed and unemployed population, as well as economic aspects of employment such as forms of the ownership, types of economic activity have been analyzed in the research. Discussion: These indicators differ from those of the all-Russian ones. For instance, there is a high proportion of the working population with higher education, and those who are employed in the state and municipal sector of the economy. At the same time, there is a lower proportion of the working population who are a part of the private sector, and a high proportion of those who are self-employed. However, a steady tendency of the interregional labor migration out of the borders of the region remains high.